Boredom Busters Recipes for Kids

HAPPY TOAST – Fill small cups with milk (a couple of tablespoons will do) Drop in food color. Give your child(ren) a piece of bread and a clean paintbrush and have them ‘paint’ a face or picture on the bread. Toast it when they are done…and eat!–

PEANUT BUTTER PLAYDOUGH – Take one 18 oz. jar of peanut butter, add 6 tablespoons of honey and add non-fat dry milk till you achieve the consistency you like. You can also add cocoa!

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NO-COOK PLAYDOUGH RECIPE: The kids can help you mix this up! Take 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon of alum (in the grocery or drug store) and mix together with very small amounts of water little by little until desired consistency is achieved (like bread dough). It will make about a 1/2 cup. Add food coloring, preferably to the water before mixing it in. Store in an airtight container or plastic bag.

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COLOR-ME PUDDING: Place 1 teaspoon instant vanilla pudding mix in a small paper cup for each child. Add 1/4 cup of ice cold milk. Stir with a plastic spoon until mix dissolves and pudding thickens. Add food coloring for the child’s favorite color. You can even mix them up! Then eat!

Karen Clark is the Director of Consultant Development for Story Time Felts and produces a teaching and fun activity idea newsletter monthly at http://www.funfelt.com See more Boredom Busters in her current issue. Karen is a part time school teacher as well as mother to 3 children, 11, 8 and 2, and lives in Northern California.

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